bache

Possibly a dialectal form of Middle English *becck, *betch, from to Old English *becc (“stream”), from Proto-Germanic *bakjaz (“brook”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰog- (“flowing water, stream”). Cognate with Old Norse bekkr (“brook”). More at beck.

bache (plural baches)

1. (obsolete) The dale of a stream or rivulet.

• Beach, beach

Unknown.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbat͡ʃe/ [ˈba.t͡ʃe]
• Rhymes: -atʃe
• Syllabification: ba‧che

bache m (plural baches)

1. pothole
2. rut, tricky/barren spell

• “bache”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Borrowed from French bâche.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaʃə/
• Rhymes: -aʃə
• Hyphenation: ba‧che

bache f

1. tarpaulin